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Date Sent: 2026-07-11
Freedom's Phoenix AM Edition for Sunday, July 12, 2026 |
Nearly Half of Adult Children Under 30 Move Back in With Parents
Small Business Chapter 11 Filings Increase 50% Year Over Year -- Cuba Plunges Into Second Island-Wide Blackout As Communist System Unravels -- US Launches Third Round Of Strikes On Iran After IRGC Closes Hormuz, Attacks Containership -- Muhammad Tops Baby Boys' Names In England And Wales For Third Straight Year -- So You Want To Put Boots On The Ground In Iran -- Trump's 1,000 Missiles Locked and Loaded -- SEMI-NEWS/SEMI-SATIRE: July 12, 2026 Edition -- Trump & NATO Kiss and Make Up as Europeans Pledge To Buy More U.S. Weapons -- Special Saturday Broadcast: Trump Just Threatened Iran With Total War If They Try To Assassinate... -- EXCLUSIVE: Los Angeles Gives Free Pass to Illegal Alien Food Vendors While Restaurants Must... -- Visualizing Europe's Soaring Youth Unemployment -- Without Subsidies, Is AI Unaffordable? -- World Population Day: How demographics are reshaping geopolitics... -- TINA PETERS: "JUST SAY YOU LIED." SHE REFUSED. -- Advanced US Nuclear Battery Deal Targets 3000 MW Power With $22.5 Billion Pipeline -- Multiple explosions heard in Kyiv as Russia-Ukraine war rages -- BREAKING: Trump just cleared out the agency that certifies US voting systems ahead of midterms… -- Swift just launched its own blockchain ledger. -- State of emergency in Missouri declared after once-in-a-MILLENNIUM rainfall causes catastrophic... -- The Japanese Yen is at its lowest level since 1986 against the US Dollar, losing 54% of its value... -- NBC News: Pentagon Almost Broke, "Running Out of Money" -- China's gold buying just went parabolic. -- 'We screwed up': Iran privately tells Trump team it made 'a mistake' by attacking sh -- The Token Revolt Goes Mainstream: Palo Alto CEO Demands 90% AI Price Drop -- Apple Sues OpenAI Alleging Trade Secret Theft In Blockbuster AI Hardware Case -- JUST IN: Wells Fargo, the $2.5 TRILLION Wall Street giant, just revealed... -- Turkey's Erdo?an gives NATO leaders a handgun conundrum after summit -- Neil Oliver interviews Tucker Carlson '…are we digging our own GRAVES?!' -- WSJ: "Fight Over Hormuz Boils Down to One Poorly Worded Clause in Trump's Deal" --
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News Link • Business/ Commerce
Small Business Chapter 11 Filings Increase 50% Year Over Year
07-11-2026
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https://www.zerohedge.com, by Naveen Athrappully
Small business Chapter 11 bankruptcy filings jumped 50 percent in the first half of 2026 from the same period last year, signaling pressure on business owners.
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News Link • Cuba
Cuba Plunges Into Second Island-Wide Blackout As Communist System Unravels
07-11-2026
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https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
Cuba suffered its second nationwide blackout in a matter of days late Friday, another sign that the communist-controlled island is sliding deeper into economic collapse amid tightening US sanctions and renewed pressure from the Trump administration.
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News Link • Iran
US Launches Third Round Of Strikes On Iran After IRGC Closes Hormuz, Attacks Containership
07-11-2026
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https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
At 7:15pm ET, the US launched its third round of strikes on Iran this week after Tehran declared that it's closing the Strait of Hormuz "until further notice", and Iranian forces attacked a Cyprus-flagged container ship, the M/V GFS Galaxy, trans
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News Link • Immigration
Muhammad Tops Baby Boys' Names In England And Wales For Third Straight Year
07-11-2026
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https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
Official Office for National Statistics (ONS) data released today shows Muhammad - including variant spellings - has once again claimed the top spot as the most popular name for newborn boys in England and Wales.
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News Link • Iran
So You Want To Put Boots On The Ground In Iran
07-11-2026
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by Matt Bracken
So you want to put boots on the ground in Iran? Really give them what-for? Finish the Job!
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News Link • Iran
Trump's 1,000 Missiles Locked and Loaded
07-11-2026
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https://ronpaulinstitute.org, by Kurt Nimmo
If the Art of the Deal fails, threaten them with total destruction. That's what Trump did Friday night with another irrational post to his Truth Social.
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Opinion • Government
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News
SEMI-NEWS/SEMI-SATIRE: July 12, 2026 Edition
07-11-2026
John Semmens
Rubio Deports Child Rapist
In 2006, Tue Lue Vang was convicted for repeatedly raping a 10-year-old girl over a two-year period. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was set to deport him to Laos when Gov. Tim Walz (D-Minn) decided to pardon h
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News Link • Trump Administration
Trump & NATO Kiss and Make Up as Europeans Pledge To Buy More U.S. Weapons
07-11-2026
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https://www.lewrockwell.com, By Paul Dragu
For nearly the entire duration of his second term, U.S. President Donald Trump has incessantly griped about NATO and its leaders.
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News Link • Iran
Special Saturday Broadcast: Trump Just Threatened Iran With Total War If They Try To Assassinate...
07-11-2026
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https://www.alexjoneslive.com, By AlexJonesLive
Special Saturday Broadcast: Trump Just Threatened Iran With Total War If They Try To Assassinate Him, Opening Door To Israeli False Flags! Tune In NOW As Alex Jones Breaks Down How Dire The Situation Is! Plus, The Truth About The Tyler Robinson Trial
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News Link • California
EXCLUSIVE: Los Angeles Gives Free Pass to Illegal Alien Food Vendors While Restaurants Must...
07-11-2026
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https://www.breitbart.com, Lowell Cauffiel
EXCLUSIVE: Los Angeles Gives Free Pass to Illegal Alien Food Vendors While Restaurants Must Comply Or Get Fined and Even Shut Down
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News Link • Political Theory
World Population Day: How demographics are reshaping geopolitics...
07-11-2026
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https://www.firstpost.com, Kshitiz Bhardwaj
World Population Day: How demographics are reshaping geopolitics, economics, security and global power
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News Link • Voting - Election Integrity
TINA PETERS: "JUST SAY YOU LIED." SHE REFUSED.
07-11-2026
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https://x.com, Lara Logan
On Going Rogue with Lara Logan, Gold Star mother and former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters shares that she was given opportunities to make her legal troubles disappear--if she would simply say she had lied.
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News Link • Energy
Advanced US Nuclear Battery Deal Targets 3000 MW Power With $22.5 Billion Pipeline
07-11-2026
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https://www.zerohedge.com, by Aman Tripathi
Energy project facilitator GridMarket and nuclear technology developer Deployable Energy have formed a commercial agreement to deploy modular microreactors across the United States. The 40-year contract carries an estimated total value of $145 billio
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News Link • Ukraine
Multiple explosions heard in Kyiv as Russia-Ukraine war rages
07-11-2026
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https://www.firstpost.com, FP News Desk
Russia struck Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, on Saturday, with an air alert siren sounding minutes after the first blast.
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News Link • Voting and Elections
BREAKING: Trump just cleared out the agency that certifies US voting systems ahead of midterms…
07-11-2026
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https://revolver.news
You've probably never heard of the US Election Assistance Commission (EAC), but President Trump just gave you a really good reason to learn who they are.
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News Link • Central Banks/Banking
Swift just launched its own blockchain ledger.
07-11-2026
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https://www.linkedin.com, Marcel van Oost
And 17 of the world's biggest banks are already lining up to use it.
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News Link • Missouri
State of emergency in Missouri declared after once-in-a-MILLENNIUM rainfall causes catastrophic...
07-11-2026
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https://www.dailymail.com, By JAMES GORDON
State of emergency in Missouri declared after once-in-a-MILLENNIUM rainfall causes catastrophic flooding sweeping residents into 29 foot high waters... and the worst is still to come
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Japan
The Japanese Yen is at its lowest level since 1986 against the US Dollar, losing 54% of its value...
07-11-2026
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By Charles-Henry Monchau, CFA, CMT, CAIA
The Japanese Yen is at its lowest level since 1986 against the US Dollar, losing 54% of its value from the 2011 peak.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • DOD-Department of Defense
NBC News: Pentagon Almost Broke, "Running Out of Money"
07-11-2026
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https://thenewamerican.com, by R. Cort Kirkwood
The Defense Department has blown so much money on President Donald Trump's unconstitutional war on Iran at the behest of Israel that the Pentagon's bank accounts are almost empty.
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News Link • China
China's gold buying just went parabolic.
07-11-2026
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https://www.linkedin.com, Aman Talwar
Look at the monthly acceleration:
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News Link • Iran
'We screwed up': Iran privately tells Trump team it made 'a mistake' by attacking sh
07-11-2026
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https://www.firstpost.com, FP News Desk
Against the backdrop of renewed military confrontation between Washington and Tehran, reports emerged that Iranian officials had privately acknowledged to President Donald Trump's advisers that the attacks on commercial ships in the Strait of Hormu
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News Link • Robots and Artificial Intelligence
The Token Revolt Goes Mainstream: Palo Alto CEO Demands 90% AI Price Drop
07-11-2026
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https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
Eight days ago it was Palantir's Alex Karp going ballistic on live television about the "effing insane" economics of renting intelligence by the token.
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News Link • Robots and Artificial Intelligence
Apple Sues OpenAI Alleging Trade Secret Theft In Blockbuster AI Hardware Case
07-11-2026
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https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
Apple has filed a major lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California accusing OpenAI, io Products, and former Apple executives of misappropriating trade secrets to fast-track AI hardware development.
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News Link • Central Banks/Banking
JUST IN: Wells Fargo, the $2.5 TRILLION Wall Street giant, just revealed...
07-11-2026
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https://www.linkedin.com, Bitcoin Magazine
JUST IN: ???????? Wells Fargo, the $2.5 TRILLION Wall Street giant, just revealed a nearly $500 million Bitcoin position through 6.5 million shares of BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF (IBIT) in its latest SEC filing
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News Link • Turkey
Turkey's Erdo?an gives NATO leaders a handgun conundrum after summit
07-11-2026
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https://www.nbcnews.com, By Reuters
After NATO leaders gathered in Ankara, their host handed each an unusual parting gift: a vintage ?revolver, along with live ammunition.
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News Link • Political Theory
Neil Oliver interviews Tucker Carlson '…are we digging our own GRAVES?!'
07-11-2026
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https://www.youtube.com, Neil Oliver
Neil Oliver interviews Tucker Carlson '…are we digging our own GRAVES?!'
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Iran
WSJ: "Fight Over Hormuz Boils Down to One Poorly Worded Clause in Trump's Deal"
07-11-2026
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https://thenewamerican.com, by R. Cort Kirkwood
A reason for the struggle to control the Strait of Hormuz is in the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that briefly ended the war in the Persian Gulf.
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